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On the Saint Philip, there are many gratings to do

I have the choice between false gratings at right scale 1/72 or real wooden gratings at false scale 1 mm squarred each hole :

What do you prefer ?

Thanks

Now, all is done and glued about the head part of the Saint Philippe :

Figure head done (not glued) :

Saint Philip received his cross, his secret weapon against the heaven monster :

St Philip killing the monster (I don't know if it is my carving which seems so monstrous ...) :

Today work about transom of right cat head (not glued) :

A creative transom for cat head (I unlike the proposition of the monograph about this object) :

Some enforcing accessories about the cat heads :

First cat head test, without problem (not glued) :

Pussy cut or cut of the two cat heads (handy made, of course...) :

Following carving work about the figurehead :

Beginning of carving, difficult with two figureheads into one, a beast behind, and the Saint-Philippe over :

A great moment of ship's built : the beginning of the basswood figure-head, I can rejoice...  😀

Without fore quarter-deck (as required about french vessels less than hundred guns), I had to rectify the beakhead frame's gun ports :

This morning, two new pics with sunrise light :

Hi, dear specialists of old french ships

I were curious to know your opinions on historic restitution of the Saint-Philippe 1693 by Lemineur (Ancre ed.)

It seems to me that the monograph shows a sister-ship of the Soleil Royal, which is... an unknown model, a copy of an imaginary vessel  😀

Interesting work, but without any historic pretention

Regards,

Chris   

This evening, the fourth and last pair of head-timbers is done (adjusted and glued) :

This afternoon, third pair of head-timbers about four (adjusted and glued) :

This morning work about the second pair of head-timbers (cuting and gluing done) :

Today work about the first pair of head-timbers (cuting and gluing done) :

The other side is also done and glued :

At scale 1/72, it was impossible to saw so thin holes, and and I have no time, no patience and no tools to do that with wood scissors  😡  

Is it the red squarred object ?

In that case, there is no hole, it's a false draw glued on the wooden piece...

Hi Bill,

No hole for me, could you indicate the detail you mean  ?

Regards,

Chris

As usual, two pictures after gluing new parts of ship's rails :